Classification Flashcards
classification
the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics
taxonomy
the branch of science concerned with classification especially of organisms systematics
binomial nomenclature
the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism
taxon
a taxonomic group of any rank such as species family or class
genus
a principle taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family and is denoted by a capitalized latin name
family
all the descendants of a common ancestor
order
the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence pattern or method
class
assign or regard as belonging to a particular category
phylum
a principle taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom
division
the action of separating something into parts
kingdom
each three traditional divisions in which natural objects have conventionally been classified
domain
an area of territory owned or controlled be a ruler or government
phylogeny
the bunch of biology that deals with phylogenesis
characters
the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual
molecular clock
the average rate at which a species genome accumulates mutations used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations
cladistics
a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurabe characteristics that they have in common
cladogram
a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species
archaea
archaebacteria
protists
any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans most algae and often some fungi
fungus
any of a group of unicellular multicellular or syncytial spore producing organsms feeding on organic matter including molds yeast mushrooms and toadstools
